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United States Patent | 5,611,533 |
Williams | March 18, 1997 |
An improved gripping sleeve for enhancing a hand grip of a shank portion of an object, which provides a tube member having interior and exterior wall surfaces in which the interior wall surface is for engaging the shank portion of the object and an abrasive surface disposed on the interior wall surface of said tube member; including a method for gripping a shank portion of an object having the steps of providing a gripping sleeve (10) comprising a tube member having interior and exterior wall surfaces and having an abrasive surface disposed on said interior wall surface, engaging the interior wall surface of said tube member to the shank portion of the object and gripping the exterior wall surface (20) of the tube member to exert a force (F) onto the shank portion of the object through the interior wall surface of the tube member. The invention includes a layer of material which overlies the surface of the shank portion of the object and in which the layer bonds to the surface of the shank portion and in which the layer has an exterior non-tacky surface in which one embodiment utilizes a granular abrasive material dispersed about and partially embedded in the exterior surface of the layer and another embodiment utilizes an abrasive surface disposed onto the exterior layer in which the abrasive surface includes protrusions integrally formed into the layer.
Inventors: | Williams; John P. (18547 County La., Lansing, IL 60438) |
Appl. No.: | 537411 |
Filed: | October 2, 1995 |
Current U.S. Class: | 473/568; 473/300; 473/552 |
Intern'l Class: | A63B 059/06 |
Field of Search: | 273/72 R,72 A,26 B,67 R,67 A,75 473/300,298,299 81/427.5 |
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3433481 | Mar., 1969 | Tanguay | 273/72. |
5234740 | Aug., 1993 | Reeves et al. | 273/75. |
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702449 | Apr., 1931 | FR | 273/75. |